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Using Templates
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===============
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General
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For config file generation, we provide a backend service which can bind
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config.xml data to templates written in Jinja2
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(http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/dev/).
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All available templates should be installed at the following location on
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the OPNsense system:
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#. /usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/
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-----------------
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Naming convention
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-----------------
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All templates should be put into a directory structure containing the
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vendor and package/application name, our sample application is placed
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inside the directory:
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/usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/*OPNsense/Sample*
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Template package content
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Every template directory should contain at least 2 files:
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#. a content descriptor, containing the actual targets, named +TARGETS
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#. one or more template(s)
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-------
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Targets
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-------
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The +TARGETS file contains the source template name inside the template
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directory and the (dynamic) target filename divided by a colon (:)
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multiple lines may be inserted per file.
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For example :
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::
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example_simple_page.txt:/tmp/template_sample/simple_page.txt
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Will create a file /tmp/template\_sample/simple\_page.txt using the
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template example\_simple\_page.txt.
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.. Note::
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Optionally you can specify which file or files to remove on call of "template cleanup", which can be specified by
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using an extra tag next to the target, such as:
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:code:`example_simple_page.txt:/tmp/template_sample/simple_page.txt:/tmp/template_sample/simple_page.*`
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By default all targets will be removed when calling cleanup.
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If you want to use information from within the config.xml file as output
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filename, you can use tags to address the content, like [version] to
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input the tag version from the xml file. When generating multiple files
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from 1 template, you can use one wildcard (%) to address a section of
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the config file, for example [interfaces.%.if] loops over the interfaces
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and outputs the value of **if**.
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Target overwrites
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-----------------
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Every template package can specify overwrites, which can be used by vendors who implement and maintain their own templates
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for features in OPNsense.
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Simply add files using the target definition in the **+TARGETS.D** directory of the templates folder using as extension **.TARGET**.
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For example an overwrite for OPNsense/Sample can use the following name and location
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:code:`/usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Sample/+TARGETS.D/custom.TARGET`
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.. Note::
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Be vey careful using this feature, you need to maintain these templates yourself and features may break after upgrades
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of OPNsense.
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Templates
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For more information of the template language itself, please look at
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http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/dev/ and the examples installed in
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/usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Sample.
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There's one special case when using the template engine, every wildcard
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used for the output file generation is also provided to the template, so
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you are able to determine which filter let to this output.
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Those filters are stored in the variable TARGET\_FILTERS.
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.. code-block:: jinja
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{% if TARGET_FILTERS['interfaces.wan'] %}
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{% endif %}
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----------
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Test usage
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The templates can be rendered via the backend service (configd), to test
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this functionality on a running OPNsense system, use:
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::
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# generate template package
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configctl template reload OPNsense/Sample
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# cleanup files
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configctl template cleanup OPNsense/Sample
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-----------------------------
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Python template usage example
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-----------------------------
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The template system itself is a separate module which is used by
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configd, to use (or test) the system without the daemon, use:
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.. code-block:: python
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# import template system and config.xml handling
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from modules import template
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from modules import config
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# construct a new template object, set root to /tmp/
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tmpl = template.Template(target_root_directory='/tmp/')
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# open the config.xml and bind to template object
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conf = config.Config('/config.xml')
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tmpl.set_config(conf.get())
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# generate output for OPNsense/Sample
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generated_filenames = tmpl.generate('OPNsense/Sample')
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# print results
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for filename in generated_filenames:
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print ('.. generated : %s'%filename)
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